The fourth edition of the “Italian Excellece” project – a tribute to the great Italian writer on the centenary of his birth, is presented in Cologne by the Italian Cultural Institute. Opening attended by Doro Petersen, illustrator on display with one of the plates from "Marcovaldo".
Residency for the rehearsals of the new international co-production 'Saint Joan of the Stockyards', from Brecht's great classic.
In co-operation with the Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), workshops on the use of masks and the use of body in the 'Commedia dell'Arte' and on the creation of a leather mask, and staging of the Portuguese version of two shows from the Fraternal Compagnia’s repertoire.
Casadei continues the investigation of a theme that is very close to her heart: violence against women. After Tosca, Violetta, and Carmen, she addresses the topic again in consideration of the sad and disturbing reality of the increase in domestic violence and, in general, in suffering and abuse against all minorities. A show between raw realism and poetry dictated by a possible redemption.
Six bodies and a movement that aims at continuity, like a single breath, inspired by the secret life of birds. "Fisica dell’aspra comunione" is the work performed at the Venice Biennale 2020 on the occasion of the awarding of the Silver Lion to Claudia Castellucci.
Accademia Bizantina is guest of the KLANGVOKAL Musikfestival Dortmund. The orchestra presents a programme of little-known gems of Italian baroque music.
A work freely inpired by Harlequin of the "Commedia dell’Arte" but tranformed into a demon with multiple identities. On stage within the Mini-Festival «Date to Dance - Kunst trifft Tanz»
MM Contemporary Dance Company directed by Michele Merola presents a new performance composed of two choreographies by two Italian authors, Mauro Bigonzetti and Enrico Morelli.
Grand Jeté – a split in the air – is one of the most impressive and virtuoso jumps in ballet. In her new work created with MM Contemporary Dance Company, choreographer Silvia Gribaudi takes the Grand Jeté to explore endings as a source of new beginnings.
"The Little Flower King" by Květa Pacovská is the text which has brought together two historic dance and theatre companies, the Balletto di Roma and Teatro Gioco Vita, in a project that explores the merging of three disciplines –dance, shadows, and music– aimed at a young audience.
